Garden-rake



(No Model.)

E. H. SNYDER. GARDEN-RARE.

llmfiem. Patented sept.8,1896.

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` 1o vide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient rake upon opposite sidesof the handle any desired 6o 2 5 rake the soil inwardly upon either sideof the this guiding-frame are given several twists 75 UNITED STATES]PATENT OFFICE.

EMMANUEL H. SNYDER, OF BURDETTE, IOVA.

GARDEN-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 567,364, dated September8, 1896. Application filed Tune 19,1895. Serial No. 553,348. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: i Referring to the accompanying drawings, lBe it known that I, EMMANUEL H. SNYDER, designates the handle of therake, which is a citizen of the United States, residing at formed,preferably, of wood.

Burdette, in the county of Franklin and State 2 designates a cross-headsecured to the 5 of Iowa, have inventeda new and useful Garlower endofthe handle and composed, pref- 55 den-Rake, of which the following is aspeciiierably, of stout wire and from aV single piece cation. thereofbentor coiled at its central portion This invention relates to animprovementto engage the lower end of the rake-handle in garden-rakes,and has for its object to proand having its terminals extended laterallyin which the rake head or bar which carries distance and then bent backupon each other, the rake-teeth is divided or formed in twin asufficient space being left between the outsections, which are capableof adjustment wardly-extending portion of each terminal toward and awayfrom each other for leaving and the return portion thereof to constituteI5 an intervening space of any desired width a guiding-frame 3, adaptedto permit the ad- 65 for the purpose of adapting the implement justrnentof the rake members hereinafter to work simultaneously upon both sidesof a described and to steady and brace the same. row of plants. Theouter portions of these oppositely-ex- A further object of the inventionis to contending guiding-frames are each given a bend zo struct andarrange the twin sections or memat the point 4 and extended backwardlyto 7o bers of the rake in such manner that they provide for a greateradjustment of the rake may be adjusted to'any desired angle with memberswithout the necessity of extending relation to the rake-handle and toeach other, the guiding-frames to too great an extent latwhereby theyare adapted to automaticallyV erally. The extremities of the terminalsof hill or row being cultivated. around the outwardly-extending portionsof In order to accomplish the objects above the guiding-frame, asindicated at 5. mentioned, the invention consists in a rake 6 designatesthe rake-bar, which, for the comprisingtwinmembers,eachprovided withpurposes of carrying out this invention, is 3o a series of rake-teethand mounted in such divided centrally or formedin two equal and 8omanner as to be capable of being adjusted similar sections, as shown,each of Which is toward and away from eachother and as to provided witha number of rake-teeth of any their angle with relation to each otherand desired or preferred pattern. to the handle of the implement, and inthe 7 represents a curved arm,.which is made 35 means for securing andholding said members preferably from stout wire, being connected 85 atthe desired adjustment. rigidlyat itsouter end to the corresponding Theinvention also consists in certain novel end of its respective rake-barsection 6, the features and details of ,construction and arinner end ofsaid wire arm being looped or rangement of parts, as hereinafter fullydeformed with an eye 8, which is adapted to re- 4o scribed,illustratedinthe drawings,and iinally ceive the shank of a thumb-screw 9. Inter- 9opointed out in the claims. mediate the ends of this curved arm the lat-In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is ter, inthe process ofmanufacture, is given a perspective view of Vian improved gardenonecomplete turn or coil to form an eye or rake constructed in accordancewith this inloop 10, and the latter receives the inner 45 vention. Fig.2 is a detail perspective view looped and twisted end of a stout wirearm or 95 adjacent to the coil or twist in one of the adbrace 11, whichextends forwardlyand is conjusting-arms. nected rigidly at its outer endto the inner' Similarnumerals of reference designate corend of itsrespective rake-bar section or adresponding parts in both iigures of thedrawjacent to said end, as shown in the drawings. 5o. ings. 12 indicatesa diagonal or obliquely-extend- Ioo ing brace, which is also made fromstout wire and has its outer end looped to engage the eye or loop 10 ofthe curved arm 7, the inner end of said brace being rigidly attached tothe adjacent side of the rake-handle in any convenient manner.

lt will be understood that the parts just described are duplicated uponthe other side of the rake-handle, thus forming two separate andindependent rake members, the curved'arms 7 of which are provided attheir inner ends each with an eye 8. The thumbscrew 9 passes throughboth of said eyes and is adapted to engage any one of a series ofthreaded perforations or sockets in a metal plate 13, secured to theupper face of the rakehandle, adjacent to the lower end thereof, asshown.

From the foregoing description 'it will be seen that by adjusting theinner ends of the curved arms which control the positions of the rakemembers the distancebetween the inner ends of the rake-bar sections maybe increased or diminished to any desired exten t, the forward ends ofthe diagonal braces yielding laterally or toward and away from therake-handle to permit such adjustment, and the curved or adjusting arms7 being adapted to swing or rock upon the forward ends of said diagonalbraces as centers.

It will also be noted that the outer portion of each curved arm 7,beyond the eye or loop therein,and the arm or brace 1l, both of whichconnect rigidly to the rake-bar sections, lie within and are adapted tobe steadied and braced by the double guiding-frame 3.

By the construction' described the rake members may be brought togetherin such manner as to form, practically, an ordinary straight rake, orsaid members may be separated and disposed at an angle to each other andto the rake-handle, thereby adapting the implement tobe used forcultivating plants, te., arranged in rows, the rake members beingadapted to stride a row of plants and, as it is manipulated, togradually work the soil inward upon each side of the plants.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing1 from the spirit or sacriiicing any ofthe advantages of this invention. Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. ln a garden-rake, the combination with a suitable handle, of twoindependent rake members, each comprising a toothed bar and 4 a wiresupporting-frame rigidly connected therewith, the inner ends of saidframes being adj ustably connected with said handle, diagonally-disposedflexible arms or braces connected with said handle and having the rakemembers pivotally connected to their forward ends, the looped or slottedguiding frame or arm rigidly connected with said handle and having theframes of the rake members arranged to slide therethrough, and means foradjusting and holding said frames at any angle and with their inner endsat the desired distance apart, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose specified.

2. rlhe combination in a garden-rake, of a handle, a cross-head rigidlyattached to the handle and projecting upon opposite sides thereof andlooped or slotted to form combined guides and supports for the rakelnembers, said rake members loosely mounted in the guides and havingpivotal connection with the handle, and provision whereby the angles ofthe rake members may be adjusted, substantially as described.

3. In a garden-rake, the combination with a suitable handle, ofadjustable frames connected to the handle, flexible diagonal bracessecured permanently to the handle at points intermediate the ends of thelatter and forming the fulcrums for said frames, and theinwardly-projecting arms rigidly connected to said frames at their rearends and made adjustable longitudinally of the handle, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of twovwitnesses.

EMMANUEL H. SNYDER.

Vitnesses: l

J. F. BYERs, Guo. G. LivEReooD.

